Where to Watch IGN's Favorite AANHPI Shows and Movies Currently Streaming

Shaolin Soccer (2001)

Although it's a longer movie clocking successful astatine astir 3.5 hours, this iconic sports action-comedy is filled with tons of amusive peculiar effects with hilarious combat scenes. Shaolin Soccer is simply a unsocial operation of kung fu and soccer, and if you're a instrumentality of either of those oregon conscionable large comedies successful general, it's worthy adding to your ticker list.

Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

Another cleanable ticker for action-comedy fans, Kung Fu Hustle stars writer-director Stephen Chow who plays Sing, an aspiring gangster trying to beryllium portion of the Axe Gang. His warring tactics and attempts to intimidate pb to a concatenation of events that volition support you entertained. Check it retired connected Amazon Prime to rent oregon bargain the English subtitled version.

Perfect Days (2023)

Directed by Wim Wenders, this play centers connected Hirayama, a toilet cleaner successful Tokyo whose mundane beingness reveals hidden depths everywhere. See however his regular is breached with caller surprises and however helium continues to find quality successful the world. Actor Koji Yakusho won the prestigious Cannes Award for Best Actor for his performance.

Kim’s Convenience (2016-2022)

Kim’s Convenience is simply a delightful household drama wherever a Korean-Canadian household navigates the regular beingness of moving a convenience store successful downtown Toronto. The amusement stars Simu Liu (Marvel’s Shang-Chi) arsenic Jung Kim, 1 of the actor’s archetypal large roles, successful the show. You tin drawback each 5 seasons of the saccharine sitcom connected Netflix successful the U.S. Fun fact: Did you cognize the bid is based connected a play? Ins Choi is the writer down it!

Ne Zha (2019)

Ne Zha is an action-packed escapade featuring a beardown lad who indispensable larn however to harness his powers, whether for bully oregon for evil. Although the sequel was successful U.S. theaters for a mates of months – and shattered planetary container bureau records – it is not yet disposable to watercourse successful the U.S. Stay tuned!

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)

Directed by Soi Cheung, this neo-noir martial arts movie is filled with turf warfare transgression action. Taking spot successful Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City successful the 1980s, there’s historical hostility that has near the underworld connected edge. The hostility bursts erstwhile a combatant goes against a Triad boss, resulting successful what could lone beryllium called a bloody and thrilling pack war.

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022)

The Nambi Effect is simply a biographical movie astir Nambi Narayanan, an aerospace technologist astatine ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) who is accused of espionage aft a bid of unusual events. The movie begins with a present-day interrogation diving into Narayanan's past and important moments successful his studies and vocation starring up to the investigation.

Reply 1988 (2015)

Reply 1988 is the 3rd installment of the Reply series, a South Korean TV drama. Following not one, not two, not three, not four, but 5 families who are neighbors successful Seoul, the awesome formed brings these characters to beingness arsenic they look backmost to what 1988 was similar connected their street. Actor Park Bo-gum from When Life Gives You Tangerines besides stars successful this heartfelt show.

“One of my favourite K-drama series!” says Dean Kim, Software Architect from the Ookla team, portion Karen Oh from Ziff Davis enactment besides says: “It’s the best! I tried the different spin-offs from it (and they are worthy watching), but this is inactive my fave.”

Any Studio Ghibli Film

Where to Stream Studio Ghibli movies

The champion Studio Ghibli movies connection gorgeous hand-drawn animation and heart-tugging stories, mostly from the imaginativeness of Hayao Miyazaki. The bully quality is that astir each of 25 Studio Ghibli movies are disposable to watercourse online. You tin spot what the IGN squad astatine ample voted arsenic the 10 champion Studio Ghibli movies ever.

One of our squad members, Ziff Davis recruiter Kunie Prak’s faves include:

• Ponyo
• Howl's Moving Castle
• From Up connected Poppy Hill
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• When Marnie Was There

Rescue: Hi-Surf (2024)

“Sometimes I conscionable similar the formulaic format of procedurals, but this 1 is unsocial successful that it highlights the Ocean Safety Hawaiian lifeguards, which isn't commonly featured. The amusement stars a clump of Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander actors/actresses, which are inactive underrepresented adjacent amongst different Asian heritages.” – Sarah Wang, Ziff Davis Senior Account Executive

Culinary Class Wars (2024- )

When you instrumentality 100 Korean cooks, pitting 20 personage chefs against 80 "unknown" chefs competing nether alises, you get 1 fierce cooking conflict called Culinary Class Wars. Exclusive to Netflix, this is an breathtaking amusement for anyone who enjoys nutrient contention TV.

“If you privation the people warfare of Squid Game mixed with the high-stakes room contests of Top Chef, don’t miss Culinary Class Wars.” – Matt Kim, IGN Sr. Features Editor

NCIS: Hawaii (2021-2024)

If you haven’t been surviving nether a rock, past you person heard of the CBS TV bid and franchise, NCIS. With 22 seasons successful the archetypal series, NCIS: Hawaii came successful 2021 arsenic the 4th bid successful the constabulary transgression franchise. Although it lone lasted a fewer seasons, this bid is inactive worthy the watch. NCIS: Hawaii has an unthinkable and divers cast, starring Vanessa Lachey arsenic Jane Tennant, the archetypal pistillate Special Agent-in-Charge successful the Hawaii Field Office and the archetypal female-led formed successful immoderate NCIS amusement astatine that time.

“I’m inactive huffy this was canceled by CBS due to the fact that it had the astir divers formed of the NCIS franchises, was acceptable successful Hawaii and showcased section culture, and was 1 of the higher rated shows for CBS." – SW

Laapataa Ladies (2023)

From IGN India’s movie synopsis from their apical movies of the twelvemonth successful 2024: “Laapata Ladies, besides known arsenic Lost Ladies internationally, is simply a Hindi comedy-drama that combines wit with a crisp societal critique. Directed by Kiran Rao, the movie explores the lives of women successful agrarian India, addressing hefty themes of individuality and matrimony successful a light-hearted yet impactful manner. With witty dialog and likeable characters, Laapata Ladies delivers drama portion besides highlighting the struggles and resilience of women successful the discourse of sex roles and state successful India. It’s an important movie successful Indian cinema this year, effortlessly mixing poignant moments with entertainment.”

“I emotion the movie arsenic it has amusive instrumentality connected mistaken individuality and walks america done an guiltless bride's travel of learning astir independency and self-discovery.” – Alekhya Pulavarthy, Ookla Product Manager

Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung (2019)

CNET's Senior Producer Numi Prsarn says: “Rookie Historian connected Netflix was benignant of a comfortableness amusement for maine (after the archetypal watch, I'd enactment it connected successful the inheritance portion I work). Historical romance that someway besides turns into an bureau drama with bully small touches of history, similar Dutch being the lone Western connection they'd cognize due to the fact that of traders. It's cute.”

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

Consider this an honorable notation due to the fact that it's not presently disposable to stream, but it's been streamable successful the past and person a bully hunch it'll beryllium disposable again successful the future. Directed by Ang Lee, this Oscar-nominated movie explores the analyzable household dynamics betwixt 3 women who unrecorded astatine location with their widowed begetter successful Taiwan. With each quality battling their ain mentation of loneliness, self-expression, and/or survival, the household indispensable find anticipation and spot successful themselves and successful each other. The begetter is an unthinkable (retired) maestro chef, giving the spectator thing to drool implicit arsenic helium prepares fabulous meals for his household (even successful the opening scene, for example). There are truthful galore layers to this film, you whitethorn extremity up watching it aggregate times to instrumentality it each in.

Originally posted:

May 30, 2025 5:24 pm